Damien Fleming scrambles for a gain as FAMU and B-CU play in the Florida Classic at the Citrus Bowl Stadium last season.

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At the end of last year's Florida Classic, FAMU quarterback Damien Fleming and Brian Dorsey, an offensive lineman for Bethune-Cookman, took time to chat before heading back to their locker rooms.

They'll likely repeat the scene again no matter the outcome. Their friendship runs too deep for a football game to ruin, Fleming said. Never mind that the two programs have had a rivalry going on for more than 80 years with the last 28 meetings being in the Classic, which has become the biggest annual black college contest between two Florida schools.